News
A year later, Delco parish still mourns beloved pastor
Msgr. Joseph Corley, a "Godfather" among Philadelphia's priests, was honored during an Oct. 25 Mass at Blessed Virgin Mary in Darby, where the parish hall was dedicated in his honor.
Tennessee governor gives temporary reprieve to death-row inmate
Pervis Payne, sitting on death row since 1988 for murder, was granted a reprieve of his scheduled Dec. 3 execution. Advocates say his intellectual disability should be grounds for a permanent reprieve.
Biden says once he’s in White House, he’ll ‘unify’ the nation, not divide it
President-elect Joe Biden pledged to hundreds of supporters in Wilmington Nov. 7 that he would be a president "who doesn't see red states and blue states -- only the United States."
Pope meets with missionary priest freed after two-year captivity
Father Pierluigi Maccalli, a member of the Society of African Missions, was speechless Nov. 9 when Pope Francis told him, "We supported you, but you supported the church."
Eta deluges Central America leaving scores dead, thousands homeless
The hurricane flooded Nicaragua and Guatemala before causing devastating mudslides in Mexico. Pope Francis prayed for those suffering from the damage "aggravated by an already difficult situation due to the pandemic."
St. Charles seminarians step up to serve, again, during pandemic
A century ago seminarians helped bury Philadelphia’s dead in a pandemic. This year they are keeping hungry people alive during the current COVID-19 pandemic by serving at Caring for Friends.
Head of U.S. bishops offers Biden congratulations
Archbishop Jose Gomez said in a statement that "Now is the time for our leaders to come together in a spirit of national unity and to commit themselves to dialogue and compromise for the common good."
Sixty years after JFK, nation to get second Catholic president in Biden
Thirty-three men between George Washington and John F. Kennedy served as U.S. president. It took 172 years for a Catholic, Kennedy, to win the presidency, and another 60 years for the second, Joe Biden.
News organizations project Biden elected U.S. president
Major U.S. news organizations projected Democrat Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States, making him the second Catholic in the country's history to be elected to the nation's highest office.
Catholics nod to postelection divisions, see much work ahead
The nation's political divide was never going to be solved by the final tally of presidential votes or when the political signs came down, say religious sisters and other Catholic leaders.